PINE SISKIN 



J\/TAY 20 y igoj. A flock of sixty birds, 

 *> VJ- counted through my glass, and with 

 others I could not count scattered about, 

 feeding on dandelion seeds, was what I 

 saw at the Winter Club this afternoon. A 

 number of goldfinches were with them, but 

 the siskins were much more numerous. 

 Their notes first attracted my attention, 

 a great deal of goldfinch like chatter, but 

 with a constant burr or buzz interspersed 

 with it, that distinguished it from the 

 familiar song of that bird. I could get 

 quite near the birds, they seemed unsus- 

 picious, and to have the same gentle, con- 

 fiding natures that the goldfinches have. 

 How striped they were ! All over, just 

 the yellowish bars on the wings to break 

 the effect. I wish we could induce them 

 to stay and eat up our dandelion seeds. 



May 14, 1909. A flock in the Granger's 

 yard. The burr in the notes very notice- 

 able. 



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